News

Law

Asset Management

Investment Banking

Wealth

Hedge Funds

People

Newsletters

Events

Lists

News

Fitch warns Wall Street of more pain for bond traders

A seasonally slow third quarter for sales and trading means more revenue pressures for the world's biggest investment banks

Fitch warns Wall Street of more pain for bond traders
Photo: Getty Images

Wall Street's bond traders will suffer further fee falls before the end of September, continuing a tough period for investment banks' chief revenue drivers, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings.

In the latest US Capital Markets Quarterly, Justin Fuller and Michael Dodge wrote that fixed income divisions should brace for "another drop in FICC net revenue" in the current quarter.

WSJ Logo